How to Make Cities Happier Places

Green spaces improve wellbeing from ECEHH on Vimeo.

This is an interesting finding for the resilience-building communities and individuals categories, from TheAtlanticCities.com:

Researchers have been studying the relationship between mental health and urban green space for years, but they haven’t always been able to make a causal connection between the two.

Now, a new study from researchers at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health at the University of Exeter Medical School shows that moving from a less-green urban environment to a more-green one can lead to lasting positive changes in mental well-being.

 

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/01/how-make-cities-happier-places/8090/